Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF) |

Sierra Leone Implements the International Monetary Fund’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination System

Publication of essential macroeconomic data through the new NSDP will provide national policy makers, a broad range of domestic and international stakeholders, including investors and rating agencies, with easy access to information that the IMF’s Executive Board has identified as critical for monitoring economic conditions and policies

Sierra Leone has implemented the recommendations of the Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS)—endorsed by the IMF Executive Board in May 2015—by disseminating a National Summary Data Page (NSDP). The page serves as a one-stop publication vehicle for essential macroeconomic data—in both human and machine-readable formats. This places Sierra Leone…

Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF) |

Bridging South Africa’s Economic Divide

David Lipton / Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg

Thank you very much for your kind introduction and the warm welcome from the Witwatersrand community. It is a pleasure to be back in South Africa. Let me begin with a tribute to South Africa’s achievements. This country offers an extraordinary legacy of freedom and reason that is a model…